To judge Aaron Chatfield, who scored a 10-8 round in favor featherweight Milton Vieira in his bout against Philippe Arantes in the first round of their bout. Arantes was the clear-cut winner of the last two rounds after Vieira the first. But Chatfield was about the only person watching who saw round one as a 10-8. As a result, his scorecard was 28-28, instead of 29-28 in favor of Arantes, which turned the bout from what should have been a split decision in Arantes' favor to a split draw, stealing a well-earned victory away from Arantes. The fact such a bizarre score came down in the night's opening match seemed to promise a night full of wacky scoring, but fortunately, that didn't come to pass.

I've not seen the fight in question but, Aaron Chatfield is one of the most trusted and best qualified judges in the uk, to say he shouldn't even be watching MMA on the telly is just daft. He's judged hundreds of fights and I've never heard anyone say he sucks.
Was a 10-8 in round one that bad of a call?

I've not seen the fight in question but, Aaron Chatfield is one of the most trusted and best qualified judges in the uk, to say he shouldn't even be watching MMA on the telly is just daft. He's judged hundreds of fights and I've never heard anyone say he sucks.
Was a 10-8 in round one that bad of a call?

Aaron Chatfield is not qualified to make me a sandwich. and yes it was a bad call that led to a stupid draw for both fighters. funny how 2 other judges gave it 10-9